In This Issue: Why We Must Defeat Tea Party Defeat Dold...... 1,3&4 Election Guide...... 6&7 Pre-Election 2012 Voting Matters...... 1&2 GOTV...... 7 Issue Congress Watch...... 4&5 Bailyn Honored...... 8 Republican Bob Dold

For information or to volunteer: Email us at [email protected] Or visit our website at www.tenthdems.org Forest on Sunday, Or call us at 847.266.VOTE (8683) October 14. It quickly Or write to Hon. Lauren Beth Gash, Chair, Tenth Dems, P.O. Box 523, Deerfield, IL 60015 became apparent that Dold’s campaign strategy Editorial Consultant: Barbara Altman depends on an unin- Editors: Susan Friedman, Allan Sperling Editorial staff: Joan Attenberg, Eleonora formed electorate. Dold di Liscia, Hon. Lauren Beth Gash, Adrienne walked onto the stage Kirshbaum, Leslie Lipschultz, Kim Rodriguez, with many people think- Steve Sheffey, Laura Tomsky Design: Tom Peltier ing he was a moderate, Photos: Claire Esker, Ravi Ganapathy, Jason and slunk off the stage Muelver, Laura Tomsky with his moderate facade Distribution: Ravi Ganapathy, Glenn Stier Tea Party Republican congressman ripped away. Here are some of the key The opinions expressed are those of the writers and not necessarily endorsed by Tenth Dems Robert Dold debated Democratic facts that came out of the debate. challenger Brad Schneider in Lake continued on page 3

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TenthNOVEMBER 2012 Illinois Tenth Congressional District News Democrats Newsletter Volume 9, Edition 11

WHY VOTING FOR OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS MATTERS By Eleonora di Liscia

The night was November 7, 2000. It peared Gore had won Florida. Then, Supreme Court, and the Palm Beach happened to be my daughter’s fifth they took Florida away. County butterfly ballot. birthday, but it was also the day of the Al Gore/George W. Bush election. In that election, a variety of factors And there was one final factor: Ralph combined to insure that a deeply Nader. If only a tiny percentage of his I came home from my daughter’s mediocre man would assume power Florida voters had switched to Gore, Chuck E. Cheese birthday party. My at a vital crossroads in history. They history would have been written quite husband was hopeful, because it ap- included the Electoral College, the differently. And our lives would have been much better.

Nader’s supporters were idealistic and hopeful. They believed there was no difference between the par- ties, and they refused to be complicit by voting “for the lesser of two evils.” But their idealism cost us immeasur- ably. The parties were in fact hugely different. Instead of moving forward on global warming, we moved to- 7HQWK1HZV continued on page 2 Look for a special issue of the      featuring the fall fundraiser and photos  WHY VOTING FOR OBAMA AND THE Pre-Election 2012 DEMOCRATS MATTERS Issue (continued from page 1) ward denial. Instead of progressing on If you want to keep the Affordable and not just a privilege for the privi- women’s issues, healthcare, gay rights, Care Act that bars insurers from leged, you will vote for the Democrats. education, workers’ rights, consumer denying coverage based on pre- safety, and all other things critical to existing conditions, you will vote for If you believe that good schools middle-class families, we continued the Democrats. should be for everyone and not just to slide further and further back at an the wealthy, you will vote for alarming rate of speed. President Gore If you want to keep Wall Street the Democrats. would not have lied us into war in Iraq reform and the Consumer Financial or water-boarded detainees Protection Bureau, you will vote for If you believe that CEOs like Warren at Guantanamo. the Democrats. Buffett should pay their fair share in taxes, as do their secretaries, you will So here we are again, at a crossroads If you believe that environmental, vote for the Democrats. on the eve of an election. Our choice is consumer safety, and worker safety between President Obama and Gov- laws should be enforced instead of If you understand that a labor union, ernor Mitt Romney as not only presi- ignored or stripped, you will vote for no matter how flawed, is the one bul- dential candidates but also emblems the Democrats. wark between workers and unreason- for their parties. President Obama, the able employer demands for overtime man that some feel isn’t liberal enough, If you believe in the repeal of Don’t hours at minimal pay, you will vote for versus Governor Romney, the man who Ask, Don’t Tell and that discrimina- the Democrats. would continue the failed Bush policies tion against gays should end, you that landed us in our current national will vote for the Democrats. If you understand that our civil liber- predicament. ties including women’s rights, If you believe that a woman should workers" rights, and the right to vote And I ask you not to make the same have the right to make healthcare are vital and that appointing just one mistake that cost us so dearly in 2000. decisions about her very own body, more liberal Supreme Court Justice you will vote for the Democrats. can insure those liberties for decades Obama and the Democrats are not to come, you will vote for perfect. They have not done everything If you want to keep moving the Democrats. we’ve wanted all the time. But they are forward on Immigration reform by far the better option, so much better instead of scapegoating immigrants, If you share a vision of America that our entire future depends on their you will vote for the Democrats. where everyone has a chance for a maintaining control of government. better life and not just the wealthy At the end of the day, they have done If you believe that voting is a right few, you will, you must, you can only much good for our country. vote for Obama and the Democrats.

      Why We Must Defeat Tea Party Republican Bob Dold Pre-Election 2012 (continued from page 1) Issue

Dold voted against Planned Parent- race. Both organizations previously life is in danger, Dold voted against hood. Dold loves to tell us that before backed Republican Mark Kirk in the her amendment. Is this how the citi- he voted to defund Planned Parent- 10th District. zens of the 10th District expect their hood, he spoke out in favor of Planned congressman to vote? Parenthood. It’s true. He did. But in Here’s why Dold forfeited the back- this district, we expect our congress- ing of these organizations. On May 6, Dold is not a friend of the environ- man to actually vote the way he talks. 2011, Dold voted for the anti-choice ment. Two of the most respected bi- H.R. 3, which bans tax subsidies for partisan environmental organizations Dold claims that, gosh darn it, he had private health insurance plans that in the country, the Sierra Club and no choice. He had to vote for H.R.1 include abortion as a covered service the League of Conservation Voters, (the bill that would have defunded and prevents citizens from deducting have endorsed Brad Schneider. The Planned Parenthood) because H.R.1 abortion as a medical expense unless Sierra Club gave Dold an “F,” a rat- was a much bigger bill that was it was the result of rape, incest, or to ing he earned with his voting record needed to keep the government run- save the life of the mother. This mea- rather than his campaign rhetoric. ning. But that’s just not true. H.R.1 sure invites the potential for the In- The League of Conservation Voters was not needed to keep the govern- ternal Revenue Service to investigate gave Dold a miserable 34 percent ment running. We know that because how women who had abortions rating. Dold’s record as a congress- H.R.1 never became law and the became pregnant and how they paid man lost him these endorsements. government never stopped running. for their abortions. Is this how the Both organizations previously backed Dold could have broken with his party citizens of the 10th District expect Republican Mark Kirk in this district. and exercised true independence their congressman to vote? when it mattered, but as he does over Dold opposes equal rights for all 80 percent of the time, he didn’t. “Robert Dold can try to appear Americans. Dold is against marriage moderate all he wants, but after [his equality. Brad Schneider supports Dold voted for the Ryan plan to end May 6, 2011] vote there’s no way marriage equality. Dold is opposed to Medicare as we know it. Yes, it’s Illinois will buy it,” said EMILY’s List the Employment Non-Discrimination true that under the bill Dold voted for, President Stephanie Schriock. “Dold Act (ENDA), which would prohibit something called “Medicare” would showed his true colors by stand- employers from discriminating on the have continued. But it would be Medi- ing with his Republican leaders and basis of sexual orientation or gender care in name only. A voucher system against the women of Illinois. Dold identification. Brad Schneider sup- is not Medicare as we know it. Is this may have run on job creation, but he ports ENDA. Dold does not realize how the citizens of the 10th District has done nothing to create jobs since that legal discrimination against expect their congressman to vote? getting to Washington. Instead, he’s people based on who they are and done plenty to take away women’s who they love is wrong and immoral. Dold is not pro-choice. On his web- freedoms and their opportunities to That’s why the Human Rights Cam- site, Robert Dold describes himself as keep themselves and their families paign endorsed his opponent, not “pro-choice.” But his voting record healthy.” because Brad Schneider is a Demo- reveals the truth. When given an crat. In the past, the Human Rights actual chance to protect women’s ac- Dold voted to deny women access Campaign endorsed Republican Mark cess to reproductive healthcare and to quality healthcare. In addition to Kirk in this district. the right to choose, Dold, with rare voting to defund Planned Parent- exception, turns his back on women hood, Dold voted for H.R. 358, the Dold is a Tea Party Republican. In and votes to roll back decades of anti-choice “Protect Life Act,” known some ways this is almost an aca- progress. in the pro-choice community as the demic point. The Tea Party agenda “Let Women Die Act,” because that’s is now the Republican agenda, so Two respected bipartisan organiza- what it would do. Even worse: When there’s very little practical differ- tions, JACPAC and NARAL Pro-Choice Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) offered an ence in voting behavior between a America, have endorsed Brad Sch- amendment that would have fixed Tea Party Republican and a Repub- neider for Congress because he is the provision that allows hospitals to lican. But no one in the 10th District the only pro-choice candidate in this refuse an abortion when a woman’s should be fooled by Dold’s election continued on page 4       Why We Must Defeat Tea Party Republican Bob Dold Pre-Election 2012 (continued from page 3) Issue year claim to be a “moderate” or candidate for Congress from either the American Jewish Committee. “independent” Republican. The New party in the history of the 10th District, York Times identified Dold as a Tea with the possible exception of Abner Ironically, none of the more than 650 Party candidate the first time he Mikva, has ever run for Congress with people who attended THE Jewish po- ran, in 2010, and The Washington more years of pro-Israel experience litical event of the season on October Post now lists Dold as one of 111 Tea than Brad Schneider. Brad has been 15, the North Shore Jewish Commu- Party-endorsed candidates in 2012. active in AIPAC since he was in col- nity Candidate Forum, could ask Dold A front-page article in the February lege. His leadership in AIPAC includes about any of this: He didn’t show up. 2012 issue of the Tenth News exposed service as an AIPAC key contact for Brad Schneider was there, and he set Dold has having, during his first year two members of Congress: Melissa the record straight. in Congress, voted in tandem with Tea Bean and Baron Hill. Brad was one of Party darling Joe Walsh 89 percent of the founding members of the AIPAC For more detail about Dold’s voting the time. New Leadership Network and he’s record, refer to the Congress Watch been an AIPAC Club Member column in past editions of the Tenth Dold voted for the Ryan budget twice. since 2000. News. Also be sure to read this edi- If he was independent, wouldn’t he tion’s Congress Watch, which docu- at least have broken with his party on Brad Schneider’s leadership in the ments Dold’s votes as a foot soldier in a budget that represents Tea Party pro-Israel community goes beyond the Republicans’ war against women. values instead of 10th District values? AIPAC. He is a former vice chair of the JUF Government Affairs Com- Dold is playing dirty politics mittee and was Chair of the Federal with Israel. The cardinal principle Government Subcommittee. Brad of pro-Israel advocacy in the United received the Young Leadership Award Vote for States is that support for Israel is and from Jewish Federation of Metropoli- Brad Schneider 10th District should be bipartisan. The Dold cam- tan Chicago for work in the Jewish on November 6 paign’s attacks on Brad Schneider community, including advocating for regarding Israel are despicable. No Israel, and Brad is a board member of

Robert Dold’s Anti-Women Votes Make Him a Dependable Foot Soldier in the Republicans’ War Against Women

From the start of his term in Congress, Dold also voted to kill numerous leg- Examples of the many anti-women Dold has voted in virtual lock-step islative proposals aimed at protecting pieces of legislation Dold has helped with the House Republican leader- women—most notably, The Protect pass in the House of Representatives ship as it pushed forward an extreme Life Act (H. R. 358), which preserves since January 2011 are listed below. anti-women agenda. In the process, requirements that hospitals provide Fortunately, a Democratic majority in he voted for numerous legislative emergency abortions to women the Senate was able to ensure that proposals that restrict or roll back whose lives are in danger—as well none of these anti-women bills ever abortion rights and access to legal as numerous measures intended to reached the President’s desk. abortion; allow insurance companies protect women against insurance continued on page 5 to discriminate against women (by discrimination and exposure to toxins, raising premiums or denying cover- particularly mercury, a potent neuro- age); weaken environmental laws that toxin harmful to infant brain develop- protect pregnant women; eliminate ment. He also voted against proposals women’s access to maternal and pre- to preserve preventive care benefits, ventive care; and weaken programs such as contraception, mammograms, that protect women from violence and cervical cancer screenings. and discrimination.       Robert Dold’s Anti-Women Votes Make Him a Dependable Pre-Election 2012 Foot Soldier in the Republicans’ War Against Women Issue (continued from page 3)

H. Con. Res. 34: The 2012 Ryan Budget H. R. 2 and H. R. 6079: Both measures H. R. 2550, H.R.2681: Both measures allows health insurance companies repeal provisions in the Affordable delay EPA regulations protecting to discriminate against women; cuts Care Act (“Obamacare”) that protect pregnant women and women of child women’s access to preventive care; women from health insurance dis- bearing age from mercury exposure. restricts access to legal abortion; cuts crimination and provide preventive key nutrition programs for women; care benefits. H. Con. Res. 112: This was the 2013 blocks access to reproductive and Ryan Budget proposal. It allows maternal care services; undermines H. R. 1: The 2011 Full Year Continu- health insurance companies to the Medicare and Medicaid pro- ing Appropriations Act allows health discriminate against women; cuts grams; and weakens environmental insurance companies to discriminate women’s access to preventive care; laws that protect pregnant women. against women; cuts women’s access restricts access to legal abortion; to preventive care; restricts access cuts key nutrition programs for H. R. 3: The No Taxpayer Funding for to legal abortion; cuts key nutrition women; blocks access to reproduc- Abortion Act prohibits private insur- programs for women; blocks access tive and maternal care services; and ance companies from offering abor- to reproductive care services; under- undermines the Medicare and Med- tion coverage as part of any health mines Medicare and Medicaid; and icaid programs. plan that insures small businesses weakens environmental laws that or individual beneficiaries if the plan protect pregnant women. H. R. 5652: Cuts women’s access to receives any federal subsidies, to pay preventive care and key nutrition for coverage,regardless of whether H. R. 1, H. Amdt 88: Prevents the EPA programs, and undermines Medicare the business or individuals pay from enforcing regulations designed and Medicaid. separately for the abortion coverage. to protect pregnant women from ex- posure to mercury pollution. H. Res. 667: Prevents the House from H. R. 358: Likewise, The Protect Life debating and voting on the Paycheck Act prohibits private insurance com- H. R. 1, H. Amdts. 95, 102, 104, 105, Fairness Act, which would guarantee panies from offering abortion cover- 138, 161, 165: Dold voted for every one equal pay for women. age as part of any health plan that of these amendments that eliminate insures small businesses or individual funding for implementation of Obam- H. R. 6079: Repeals Obamacare provi- beneficiaries and receives federal acare provisions protecting women sions that protect women against subsidies to pay for coverage, even if against health insurance discrimina- health insurance discrimination and the business or individuals pay sepa- tion. that mandate preventive care ben- rately for the abortion coverage. It efits for women. also overturns requirements that hos- H. R 1217 and H. R. 4628: Both bills pitals provide emergency abortions to proposed to repeal the Prevention and women whose lives are in danger or Public Health Fund, which promotes transfer them to hospitals that will. healthcare initiatives for women.

      Tenth Dems Endorses Democrats Up and Down the Pre-Election 2012 Ticket – A 2012 Election Guide Issue

The articles in this pre-election issue and requiring insurance coverage for been working hard to bring employ- should serve as a reminder to all our women at risk of breast cancer. Other ers to our area, protect families from readers why it is so crucial that we Democratic State Senate candidates criminal predators, bring transparen- not only reelect President Obama, who deserve your support are Amanda cy to state government, and improve but also send Brad Schneider to the Howland, John Mulroe, and Ira Silver- long-term care options for seniors. House of Representatives to support stein. John D’Amico also should be re- his agenda. But we should not lose turned to the House. sight of the importance of voting for Daniel Biss of Evanston has been in Democrats at all levels of govern- the Illinois House for two years and We also need to elect a new genera- ment. None of us should leave the is a candidate for State Senate this tion of leaders now that Susan Gar- voting booth without casting our year. His legislative achievements rett, Karen May, and Jeff Schoenberg votes for the outstanding Democrats have been recognized by such diverse have stepped aside. Julie Morrison running for offices all the way down groups as the Illinois Recycling Asso- of Deerfield has a deep understand- the ticket. ciation, the Illinois Association of Park ing of the problems facing the people Districts, and the Illinois Biotechnology of Illinois through 14 years as West We can move Illinois forward by re- Industry Organization. Deerfield Township Supervisor, turning our best to the State Legisla- where she handles everything from ture and electing strong progressive Among the Democrats who deserve utility shut-offs and mental illness Democrats to open seats. Terry Link to return to the Illinois House are Rita to elder services and road-building. of Waukegan has provided many Mayfield of Waukegan, Robyn Gabel She headed Tenth Dems’s Candidate years of leadership in the Illinois of Evanston, and Elaine Nekritz of Support Team in 2010 and deserves State Senate, advocating reforms Northbrook. Nekritz is a leader among our support as a candidate for State and fiscal sanity while maintaining reform Democrats in the House and Senate. progressive values. In recent years, a strong backer of education, health- Link was joined by Dan Kotowski care, and the environment. Melinda Bush of Grayslake brings of Park Ridge, who has ably pro- equally strong experience to her bid moted the progressive agenda by Carol Sente of Vernon Hills is a relative for State Senate. As a Lake County pushing for funding for veterans newcomer to the House. An architect Board member, she has proven her with post-traumatic stress disorder with a focus on green design, she has ability to get results. She fought

continued on page 7       Tenth Dems Endorses Democrats Up and Down the Pre-Election 2012 Ticket – A 2012 Election Guide Issue (continued from page 6) against a huge development planned lowered taxes while expanding services spearheaded statewide legislation for Grayslake. What could have been and creating a budget surplus. Bruce on the recording of deeds, and a desert of foreclosed homes instead Randazzo is also a first-time candidate created a new process to notify became Rollins Savanna, a major for the Illinois House. homeowners quickly about vital nature preserve enjoyed by birders, information. She has begun imple- hikers, bikers, and families. On Octo- We are also hoping to usher in a new menting a huge project to modern- ber 20, Bush was awarded the Tenth era in Lake County government. After ize the county’s recordkeeping to Dems’s 2012 Mikva Political Courage 32 years of Republican control of the eliminate mountains of paper. Award. scandal-plagued office of the Lake County State’s Attorney, Chris Kennedy Finally, we must not forget the For the Illinois House, a number of is just the man to restore public confi- numerous Democrats running for fresh faces have emerged as lead- dence. A former Assistant State’s At- Judge, Clerk of the Court, County ers, led by Des Plaines Mayor Martin torney and school board member, and an Board, Metropolitan Water Recla- Moylan, Northfield Township Clerk active Tenth Dems volunteer and leader, mation and North Shore Sanitary Laura Fine, and Ed Erwin of Linden- Chris has successfully advocated for District Commissioner, and other hurst. Scott Drury of Highwood is people with developmental disabilities. offices in Lake and Cook Counties. a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, a He also has helped pass laws to provide A complete list of these fine candi- volunteer legal educator at a Chicago additional police training and to increase dates can be found at http://www. detention facility, and an adjunct pro- access to health insurance and commu- tenthdems.org/candidates/. fessor at Northwestern who will fight nity services. In Cook County, incumbent to maintain the high quality of local State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez deserves schools, control government spend- reelection. ing, and implement tough anti-cor- ruption laws. Sam Yingling of Round Mary Ellen Vanderventer has been a Lake Beach unseated a decades- model public official. As Lake County old administration to become Avon Recorder, she has waged an aggres- Township Supervisor, where he has sive campaign against mortgage fraud,

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      Tenth Dems Community Connection Pre-Election 2012 Volunteer Vicki Bailyn Issue Honored by the Coalition to Reduce Recidivism By Laura Tomsky

On Friday, October 12, the Coalition Tomsky, and Steve Williams, have a 32-year survivor of wrongful con- to Reduce Recidivism held its ninth worked with over 439 participants in a viction and detention at the Tamms annual luncheon. The Tenth Congres- monthly Job Interview Workshop that super-max correctional facility, talked sional District Democrats was a Gold covers in detail standard interview- about his experience, how DNA Sponsor, and several Tenth Dems ing do’s and don’ts, questions that testing and the Center on Wrongful volunteers attended the luncheon. may be asked, and questions that job Convictions worked on his behalf, and candidates should be prepared to ask the stunning lack of support available The Coalition’s mission is to reduce during an interview. The program to those released from prison recidivism by assisting ex-offenders in also works with participants on how after exoneration. becoming productive members of the to answer those hard questions about community. This mission is accom- their time out of the workforce that The Keynote Speaker was Michael plished by providing programs and may have been due to incarceration Sweig, JD, ex-offender and founder of supportive services that will enable or disability. Workshop volunteers the Institute for People with Criminal ex-offenders to become self-suffi- also make themselves available at Records, who provided a very enlight- cient. The Tenth Dems Community the Community Connection office, by ening perspective of how treatment Connection has worked closely with appointment, to further assist partici- of ex-offenders differs from state to the Coalition and the Waukegan Su- pants in practicing for an interview, state and highlighted socio-economic pervisor’s office since early 2011, as researching information about a barriers that need to be overcome. part of the To Infinity and Beyond pro- prospective employer, and connecting gram, which was designed to assist with additional beneficial services. To The luncheon culminated with the repatriates with interview etiquette date, 637 Coalition clients have gained awards presentation. Tenth Dems and skills. employment, with 121 of these having Chair Lauren Beth Gash, who for- found employment within the merly chaired the Judiciary Commit- At the luncheon, the Coalition award- past year tee (which deals with Criminal Law) ed Tenth Dems’s own Vicki Bailyn a when she served in the Illinois House Certificate of Appreciation for her Congressman Danny K. Davis, as of Representatives, was present to outstanding efforts and service to Honorary Chair, greeted the luncheon support the Coalition and congratulate the community through her work with attendees, Johnnie Jenkins, the Vicki on her award. Among the other To Infinity and Beyond and the Tenth Employment Specialist for To Infin- Tenth Dems volunteers who attended Dems Community Connection. ity and Beyond, offered a Coalition were Judicial Candidates Patricia Fix employment update. A very important and Hon. Nancy Waites, Tenth Dems As part of To Infinity and Beyond, legislative update highlighting items Community Connection leader Joe Bailyn and other Tenth Dems volun- of special interest to the Coalition was Dubaniewicz, and Lake County State’s teers, including Ilya Sheyman, Laura provided by 60th District State Repre- Attorney candidate Chris Kennedy. sentative Rita Mayfield. Andre Davis,